Stranger Things Season 1 - Episode 1 File

The episode opens in November 1983 at the Hawkins National Laboratory , where a scientist is killed by an unseen creature.

The "Demogorgon" piece foreshadows the actual monster. Stranger Things Season 1 - Episode 1

After a 10-hour Dungeons & Dragons session, young Will Byers is chased home by a mysterious figure and vanishes from his backyard shed. The episode opens in November 1983 at the